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Table of ig (in statute miles) of sleds stars observed at Washington, 
verfor 
F No. Hour. 
i 9°2 
2 9-4 
3 10-8 
os 12:0 
5 12-0 
6 12% 
q 12°39 
8 2-3 
9 2% 
0 2-5 
1 12°65 
> = 
3 12°7 
4 £2-7 
5 12°8 
6 12-9 
q 12°9 
8 3°0 
9 3-0 
20 3-0 
+ 21 [3-0 
33 3" 
23 31 
24 3-2 
26 34 
26 35 
27 155 
28 13°5 
29 36 
30 36 
81 3°6 
32 37 
33 13-8 
34 13-8 
35 1 3- 
36 13°38 
37 3-9 
38 13° 
39. 140 
d, &c., on the night of Nov. 13-14th, 1868. 
Int alt. | 2d alt. |Weight No. Hour, | Ist alt. | 2d alt. |Weight. 
57 49 8 40 14-0 61 43 3 
65 30 5 41 14°2 91 60 8 
86 36 2 42 14:3 64 5 
93 46 5 43 14-4 3 20 2 
79 63 3 44 14-4 203 | 126 2 
8 73 7 45 145 114 80 — 7 
121 97 5 46 145 98 45 6 
86 78 3 47 145 113 67 9 
104 62 9 48 146 20 130 1 
3 49 148 5 28 7 
145 | 110 a 50 14:8 156 90 6 
3 20 6 51 149 
1 52 149 49 37 3 
53 14-9 184 | 115 2 
109 82 ve 54 15°0 141 93 a 
151 113 a 55 151 112 72 10 
102 70 5 56 1571 90 48 3 
83 58 8 57 15-1 50 23 3 
3 58 151 6 
51 40 7 59 15-2 105 49 6 
113 83 4 60 15-2 71 47 10 
98 60 4 61 15:2 2 
142 | 110 vi 62 15°3 19 41 5 
121 53 ! 63 15:3 188 ; 110 3 
96 58 2 64 15°3 82 55 4 
90 52 9 65 153 | 112 82 6 
94 66 vi 66 15" 94 39 7 
102 62 6 67 154 99 69 10 
186 80 5 68 15°5 | 101 50 10 
3 69 15°5 90 66 8 
/ 9 50 15°5 "9 51 7 
ie S 9 41 15-7 92 52 8 
83 47 9 73 158 | 174 68 S 
90 62 4 73 15°8 | 106 61 + 
104 64 4 14 16:0; |.1 66 + 
68 52 3 15 16-0 106 50 9 
J 76 1671 120 "2 8 
10 TT 16°2 79 66 7 
2 a 2 78 16-4 80 42 8 
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